Education

University of Iowa College of LawJ.D., with high distinction (1979)University of IowaB.S., with honors (1976)

Bar Admissions

CaliforniaIowaKansasMinnesotaMissouriNebraska

Court Admissions

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth CircuitU.S. District Court for the District of IdahoU.S. District Court for the District of NebraskaU.S. District Court for the Eastern District of CaliforniaU.S. District Court for the Eastern District of LouisianaU.S. District Court for the Eastern District of MichiganU.S. District Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaU.S. District Court for the Northern District of IowaU.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa

Kim J. Walker

Partner

Kim Walker leads Faegre Baker Daniels' international food and agriculture industry team and focuses his practice in the food, agribusiness litigation and antitrust areas. He is also a leader in the firm's food litigation and regulatory practice, which was nationally ranked in Chambers USA in 2012 and 2013.

In his leadership role for the firm and its clients, Kim works out of the Des Moines, Minneapolis and Silicon Valley offices. He represents and manages the firm's relationships for clients such as Cargill, Hormel Foods Corporation, Wells Enterprises (Blue Bunny), the International Foodservice Manufacturers Association, Musco Sports Lighting, Inc. and Iowa Realty.

His areas of representation include:

Product performance

Risk management

Contract dispute

Pricing and fraud

Products liability

Environmental nuisance and contract matters

Antitrust and trade regulation compliance-related issues

Client Service

For his client focus and commitment, Kim was named a BTI Client Service Super All-Star for 2014, the fourth consecutive year he has been listed. BTI recognizes national leaders who deliver superior service to clients at Fortune 1000 companies and other large organizations. He was noted for his exemplary client service by delivering top value under increased pressure and budget challenges.

Industry Leadership

Kim is well-known in the food and agriculture industry. He has published numerous articles on industry topics, is looked to by the media for comment on industry developments and speaks nationally and internationally. He is listed as a crisis team contact for antitrust/PSA issues on the list of external legal resources for the American Meat Institute. He has given presentations in China, including speaking at the 2011 Food & Beverage Conference on food safety to more than 200 food company representatives. He also traveled to China in March 2012 as a participant on the USDA Agribusiness Trade Mission and gave a presentation on strategies for expanding business in China. Kim also spoke recently in Brazil for the Food and Drug Law Institute on food law and regulation, and is outside general counsel for the International Foodservice Manufacturer's Association.

Firm Leadership

Kim has various leadership roles in the firm, including:

As the leader of the firm's national food and agriculture industry team of more than 150 lawyers, Kim chaired the firm's national conferences on food and agriculture held in 2010, 2012 and 2014

A founding partner of the firm's Des Moines office in 1990

Leader in the firm's Silicon Valley office opened in July 2013

Kim is also instrumental in firm leadership in the areas of diversity and inclusion.

American Home Assur. Co. v. Greater Omaha Packing Company, Inc.,WL 1344487 (D. Nebraska, September 29, 2014). Obtained $9 million jury verdict in favor of client Cargill following three-week trial arising out of supplier's breach of contract and warranties in connection with 2007 sale of beef contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. Obtained summary judgment as to supplier's $16.3 million counterclaim, asserting interference with contractual relationships, arising out of 2009 New York Times article.

Burford, et al. v. Cargill, Incorporated (W.D. Louisiana). Led the firm's legal team in the successful settlement of a national class action brought in 2007 by 40 named plaintiffs on behalf of over 12,000 potential class members, alleging that dairy feed contained inappropriate ingredients to maximize milk production, causing damages in excess of $1 billion dollars. Final approval by the Louisiana federal court of the class settlement took place in late 2012, which included a fund of $27.5 million dollars and the implementation of notice to customers of Cargill's nutrient-based feed formulation system.

Habyarimana, et al. v. Kagame, et al. (S.D. Iowa). Represented two administrators of William Penn University against allegations that they conspired with the President of Rwanda to cover up the assassinations of other foreign officials, in violation of international law, RICO, the Alien Tort Claims Act and other laws. In conjunction with counsel for the President of Rwanda, a complete dismissal of all such claims was awarded on February 6, 2013.

Adams, et al. v. United States, DuPont, et al., Case No. 4:03-cv-00049-BLW (D. Idaho). Faegre Baker Daniels represented DuPont in a four-month trial of the claims of four bellwether plaintiffs. More than 400 growers of various crops alleged off-target movement of herbicide applied by the Bureau of Land Management on government-controlled, fire-damaged land to control invasive weed species (2003-09 trial).

DeBruce Grain, Inc. v. Mitchell, No. 6-1010/05-1934 (Iowa App., July 25, 2007). Affirming trial court's decision in action arising out of a dispute as to the ownership of a cash forward contract for the purchase of soybeans and awarding the proceeds of the contract to client Cargill.

It's Not Agribusiness as Usual: How to Prepare for New Food Safety Regulations That Will Change the Industry
Panel Discussion Co-facilitator, Food & Agribusiness Executive Forum, Wells Fargo and Faegre Baker Daniels, September 26, 2012

Food Law Regulation and Policy in the U.S. and Brazil
U.S. & Brazil: Navigating New Frontiers in Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Food Law and Regulation, Food and Drug Institute, Sao Paulo, Brazil, September 10-11, 2012

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